Along with a plethora of other recent recruits, The Commanders are expanding their front office with a hot, youthful name. According to Mike Garafolo of NFL Network, new general manager Adam Peters is adding a strong member to his front office team in Brandon Sosna, to go along with relatively new ownership and a new coaching staff.
At thirty-one, Sosna is rapidly becoming a well-known executive in the football industry. Sosna, a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, started his front office career in college with the Cincinnati Bearcats. In just three years after returning to his home school in 2013, Sosna was named chief of staff for the athletic department. In this capacity, he oversaw the hire of head coach Luke Fickell and oversaw the search process
In 2017, Sosna made his NFL debut while interning in football administration with the Browns. He quickly advanced to the position of salary cap and contract analyst for the upcoming season. Sosna was enticed back to the University of Cincinnati in 2019 after dabbling with the NFL, where he was appointed senior associate athletic director/chief revenue officer.
Later that year, Sosna was taken advantage of by the USC Trojans, who hired him as chief of staff and executive senior assistant athletic director. Sosna was regarded as the athletic director’s right-hand guy in Los Angeles. Once more, he was instrumental in the process of finding Lincoln Riley to be the Trojans’ new head coach. Riley also reportedly had a significant impact on the school’s decision to join the Big Ten Conference.
But most recently, Sosna accepted a position with the Lions as senior director of football administration because the NFL’s lure was too great to refuse. As reported by Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press, Sosna represented Detroit in contract talks. Although his title in Washington is still pending, his position will likely be “high-ranking” and make use of his skills as a contract analyst.
According to Garafolo, Sosna was not the only candidate to interview for the position, regardless of the nature of the work. Jake Rosenberg, the vice president of football administration for the Eagles, was also taken into consideration when the team let his contract in Philadelphia expire so he could explore other options. Rosenberg has received praise for helping the Eagles implement their novel plan, which uses contract void years to lower current salary cap responsibilities. The team has long been thought to be in the lead in this area.
